伍

See also: 五

Translingual

Han character

伍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一木一 (OMDM), four-corner 2121₇, composition ⿰亻五)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 435
• Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 118, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F0D

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Chinese

trad.		伍
simp. #		伍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伍
Small seal script s05781 Transcribed ancient scripts L34452 L14830 L14831
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 五 (OC *ŋaːʔ). Also ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gó͘ / ngó͘ / gǒ͘ / gō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² / ngou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³
    • Yale: wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ng⁵
    • Yale: ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘
    • Tâi-lô: góo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngor
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: gǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: go
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²/

Note:

• ngó͘/gó͘ - literary;
• gō͘/gǒ͘ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngou² / ngou⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu / ngŏu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²/, /ŋou³⁵/

Note: ngou6 - “five”.

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• Middle Chinese: nguX

Rime
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	疑古切
Baxter	nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nguX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English	group of five
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
No.	13148
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	五
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 伍

1. troop of five soldiers
2. (figuratively) military
3. ally; company
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 五 (“five”)
5. : Wu, Woo, Ng, or Eng.

   伍家崗區／伍家岗区  ―  Wǔjiāgǎng Qū  ―  Wujiagang District

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Go
• (Mandarin) Tagalog: Wu

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩／两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬／百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

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Japanese

Kanji

伍

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. five (used in legal/financial documents)

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: ご (go)
• Kun: いつつ (itsutsu, 伍つ)
• Nanori: くみ (kumi); あつむ (atsumu)

Compounds

• 伍長

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Korean

Hanja

伍 (eum 오 (o))

1. five
2. fifth

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Vietnamese

Han character

伍: Hán Nôm readings: ngũ

1. five